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Laxmi Sharma

लक्ष्मी शर्मा

A first lady tempo driver of Nepal

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Laxmi Sharma is a Nepali entrepreneur. She is credited as the first woman to drive an auto-rickshaw and went on to establish the first button factory in Nepal. Sharma was married at a young age, after getting a divorce she worked as a housemaid for sixteen years. Later, she started to drive a rickshaw. Though she was harassed for being a woman driver, she went on to open Laxmi Wood Craft Udhyog, a company that made buttons. The buttons were exported to Germany, Switzerland, Zambia, Denmark and the USA.

Quick facts

Place of birth
Kathmandu wd
Citizenship
Nepal wd
Occupation
driver, entrepreneur wd

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Laxmi Sharma · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (Nepali): लक्ष्मी शर्मा · CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. Wikidata item Q62604242 · CC0 1.0
  4. Image: Laxmi Sharma 2 (cropped).png by VMAG (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Last updated · facts checked 4 November 2026

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"Laxmi Sharma". DigiNepal. Last updated 12 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/laxmi-sharma. Retrieved 4 November 2026.

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